Seersucker and Blazers ...

[speedmaster]

Thought you guys might like these. ;-)

Blue Man Group - WSJ. Magazine - WSJ
"Smart and sophisticated, rumpled and sexy, preppy and poised—the many meanings of the navy blazer"
http://magazine.wsj.com/fashion/fashion-style/blue-man-group/

How to Rock Seersucker - WSJ.com
"For sartorial traditionalists, the first weekend in May, when the Kentucky Derby takes place, ushers in the start of seersucker weather. Seersucker, a striped cotton fabric with a slightly wrinkled surface, connotes Southern gentlemen in a full suit with white bucks, but with men's fashion enjoying a preppy moment, young men can find fresh ways to wear seersucker without looking like their grandfathers. Sometimes it's as simple as breaking up the suit, says Jeffrey Ammeen, design director at the century-old menswear company Haspel. Mr. Ammeen, a former professional musician who still plays lead guitar in a band, considers himself a non-traditionalist. He owns four seersucker suits and prefers his "tea-stained" versions, in which the white stripes are more off-white; softening the white stripes gives the fabric a more vintage feel."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471204575210333552788148.html

Where to find L.A.’s preppy scene - latimes.com
"The ’80s fashion statement is back. And in some parts of Southern California, it never went away. Where to find the look and the scene, with a West Coast sensibility."
http://www.latimes.com/features/image/la-ig-0425-prepmain-20100425,0,4930080.story

 

[Richard Warren]

Re the LATimes article, people on the West Coast have such an inferiority complex. No wonder. The LATimes is not nearly as funny as the NYTimes. You'd almost think the LATimes writer wasn't even trying to be funny.